Eldest DGD off to Greece with her friends this summer

Give her a hug and kiss and wish her a fantastic time, I'm sure her parents will of drummed all the 'boring' stuff into her enough times.

How old is DGD? Did your DD go off on holiday with her friends?
Try not to worry, most young people come back completely unscathed.

Sorry to add this but my concern would be spiking ,( I know someone it happened to )

Don`t forget to tell her not to leave her drink unattended .

Otherwise I am sure she will be fine , it is always worrying the first time they go on holiday .

Thanks for your replies and reassurances. She will be 20 in Sept Petra. Her Mum didn't go away with friends as she met her DH very young. Yes I will smile and wish her bonne vacance and God speed too. And Tanith a cash card along with the hug and kiss

20 - she is grown up and can look after herself. She will have a great time ?

Roaming, travel insurance, not going off by herself. I would tell her.

As * obieone* says! No one ever thinks anything will happen to them and most of the time they are right but being watchful is wise. And wish her Bon voyage of course!

Big hug - tell her to have a good time.

I know it is hard. DD went on a trip to Thailand with some other girls and all we could do was keep reminding ourselves that she had her head screwed on. The night she left, we turned on the news and saw that Thailand was flooded, including the airport where she was to land! She was, as we knew, very sensible and took the trouble to phone us to let us know she was safe - she had had to change her itinerary but they all had a wonderful time - trip of a lifetime.

So hard to let them go, I know.

I would certainly warn her about spiking. My son's girlfriend went to Budapest (her home town!) on holiday and ended up in hospital after her drink was spiked - and she was nearly 40 so age has no bearing on it.

DD went at 18 to Crete (or Rhodes? can't remember now) with a friend of 19, other DD went when she was 17 to Ibiza with another 17 year old and a 20 year old.
DD also worked abroad at 18 in her gap year and travelled to the other side of the world with a friend.

Spiking can happen here too (and does!).

Ds while at uni used to take off, he went with another student sometimes but said it was better on your own. Met lots of other international travellers. Visited the Baltic states,

Then Found a deal for £5 ticket that took him to Poland, a train across the country and back again. On the train he jammed the door to his carriage to keep it locked shut while he slept.
He also went to India for 3 months with one small backpack and came home with a beard down onto his chest wearing well worn shabby clothes and boots falling apart. Said it was important to look like you had nothing of value.

Both a friend's daughter and a relative had drinks spiked, one in a ski resort, one in a local bar near her home. Neither remembers much about what subsequently happened and both were badly disturbed afterwards.
Both were responsible young women whom one would not have expected to be vulnerable. It really could happen to anyone's daughter.

I've never been to Crete, but we had a wonderful holiday in a few islands of the Cyclades, about 30 years ago.
Apart from what has already been mentioned, in those days there were lots of nude beaches. We heard of some people bathing nude on beaches where it wasn't allowed. They were arrested and the police took their passports away for some time.
Maybe things are different now, and this wasn't Cyprus, but worth a warning to your grand-daughter.

As you say, Newquay, there are so many things you want to warn your DGD about, the list is never ending! Why not just say something like, "take care of yourself." If she is currently at university she will already know about having drinks spiked and personal safety.
She will no doubt have a great time, but you will be glad when she returns home!

Our grand-daughter (I think I have mentioned this before) is on 3 months travelling with friends and at the moment is in Vietnam. Her mum has advised her - her dad has just worried, and I have just said "enjoy yourself". Evidently they hired bikes - her dad can't remember the last time she rode a bike - WHAT cycle! where's my car. We do have to let go, but until she is home I shall worry constantly.

There are so many things to think about that may happen but realistically your DGD will be fine along with her pals,they will look out for each other and have a good time I'm sure, we have to let them go sometime don't we and we will worry until they are back home under our roof once again,even now I worry when mine go away and they are all grown up with partners its something we parents do very well however old they are.

I spoke to her Mum this morning about these posts and my concerns. DGD has been harassed by a stupid young man at Uni to the extent that she has had to make a formal complaint and have him warned off-so far it's worked-but, because of that, DD (her mum) has bought her a personal alarm. At the mo she's on the campus so is relatively safe, next year in a house in nearby town so let's hope said numpty has got over this by then.
She doesn't take risks but has led a lovely safe life up to now. . . .

This is probably why she wants to do something more exciting!
You are lucky she wasn't doing it 2 or 3 years ago. Since her parents have done a great job bringing her up I would just leave the common sense warnings to them and look forward to hearing all about it afterwards.

And if she is on FB or other sites, I am hoping she has enough commonsense not to put on any of her social activities.

Why are there such horrible individuals around - people call them sad, but they are not sad when they try to wreck other people's happiness.

I hope she has a wonderful time.

Thank you all for your contributions. I'm sure you're all right; she has been brought up well and will have a whale of a time?

Treat her to good insurance and send her off with your best wishes.

Give her some comdoms and tell her to have a good time

When my daughter was at uni she was recruited by a time share company to go and work in Gran Canaria for the summer. Nothing we said would stop her. She went, and found the people she worked for were bordering on being gangsters. She stuck it out because she didn't want to admit we were right. It was an awful summer for us, as we were so worried. The experience taught her a lot about staying safe. She's now a police sergeant!

Warn her about roaming charges. My GD's friend had her phone stolen (in Malia) and used GD's to phone home, running up a considerable bill in the process. Also warn about the strength of the sun. My GD's so-called friends left her sleeping on the beach and she was badly sunburned. A 'good tan' is not the be-all and end-all of a holiday.